Remains of Helicopter Crash Victims Recovered From Alaska Lake

This photo provided by North Slope Borough shows an aerial view of a shallow lake where a helicopter crashed on Alaska's North Slope near Utqiagvik, Alaska, on July 20, 2023. North Slope Borough via AP

Search and rescue officials in Alaska have recovered the bodies of four Americans who died in a helicopter crash last week when it went down in a shallow lake located in the northernmost borough of the state.

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) mourned the loss of the victims in a statement on July 23, saying three scientists of the agency’s Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) were conducting field survey work outside the city of Utqiaġvik at the time of the crash.